PNO-III-85-085, on 850921,unidentified,apparently Intoxicated Man Called in Bomb Threat to Util Ofc.Plant Officials & Security Notified.No Bomb Found

PNO-III-85-085:on 850921,unidentified,apparently Intoxicated Man Called in Bomb Threat to Util Ofc.Plant Officials & Security Notified.No Bomb Found

ML20132C353
Person / Time
Site:	Monticello
Issue date:	09/23/1985
From:	Creed J, Kniceley J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
To:
References
PNO-III-85-085, PNO-III-85-85, NUDOCS 8509270016
Download: ML20132C353 (1)

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DMS PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION OF EVENT OR UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE--PNO-III-85-85 Date September 23, 1985 This prelininary notification constitutes EARLY notice of events of POSSIBLE safety or

$ublicinterestsignificance. The information is as initially received without veri-fication or evaluation, and is basically all that is known by the staff on this date.

Facility: Northern States Power Company Licensee Emergency Classification:

Monticello Nuclear Plant XX Notification of an Unusual Event Monticello, MN 55362 Alert Site Area Emergency ,

Docket No: 50-263 General Emergency Not Applicable

Subject:

BOMB THREAT At 8:45 p.m., (CDT), September 21, 1985, an unidentified man, apparently intoxicated, telephoned the Northern States Power Company's corporate office and said he had planted several bombs around the Monticello nuclear plant.

The . dispatcher who received the call, notified plant officials and corporate security. The licensee declared an " unusual event," per emergency classification procedures. The Wright County Sheriff's Department was notified and assisted security personnel in a search of the plant and surrounding area.

The Minneapolis Police Bomb Squad was put on alert, but not activated. No bomb was found and the unusual event was terminated at 12:45 a.m. (CDT), September 22.

The licensee has notified the FBI.

The licensee does not believe this bomb threat is related to tnree previous bomb threats telephoned recently to the Minneapolis Emergency Center 911 number. (See PN0s III-75,79,82.)

The State of Minnesota will be notified. The NRC's Information Assessment Team also was -

notified. Region III (Chicago) will continue to monitor the situation.

, Region III was first informed of this event at 9:30 p.m. (CDT), September 21, 1985. This information is current as of 10 a.m. (CDT), September 23, 1985.

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